Nr. 20 in Geschiedenis
One Summer
- NYT-bestseller · 9 weken op de lijst, hoogste notering nr. 4
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Over het boek
In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest of the time), a semi-crazed sculptor with a mad plan to carve four giant heads into an inaccessible mountain called Rushmore, a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial and a youthful aviator named Charles Lindbergh who started the summer wholly unknown and finished it as the most famous man on earth (so famous that Minnesota consider renaming itself after him). It was the summer that saw the birth of talking pictures, the invention of television, the peak of Al Capone's reign of terror, the horrifying bombing of a school in Michigan by a madman, the ill-conceived decision that led the Great Depression, the thrillingly improbable return to greatness of a wheezing, over-the-hill baseball player named Babe Ruth and an almost impossible amount more. In this hugely entertaining book, Bill Bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy. With the trademark brio, wit and authority that have made him our favorite writer of narrative non-fiction, he rolls out an unforgettable cast of vivid and eccentric personalities to bring to life a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage and changed the world forever.
Waar de score vandaan komt
De bronnen komen gemiddeld uit op 8,2 over 116 beoordelingen — nog niet veel, dus de stem van de lezers weegt voor 44% mee en de rest trekt richting het Geschiedenis-gemiddelde van 8,0. Zo komt 8,1 tot stand.
| Bron | Gemiddelde | Beoordelingen | Gewicht |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8,8 | 12 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 8,1 | 104 | 90% |
Als dit je beviel
Dezelfde plank — Geschiedenis — met scores tussen 8,0 en 8,2, het dichtst bij dit boek.
